Driver crosses intersection too soon, trooper says

May 12, 2011 at 12:12 a.m.

Guadalupe Ruiz, the driver of a Valley Transit Greyhound bus, left, talks to injured passengers after a pickup pulled out in front of the bus on U.S. Highway 77, forcing it to swerve into the median and hit a metal pole near Speedy Stop, formerly known as Chubby's, Wednesday around 9 p.m. One passenger was killed in the accident and 21 were injured.